The INEC maintained its stance by acknowledging the reports of its state offices concerning the APC senatorial elections in the concerned areas and challenged aggrieved members to approach the court.

“About the primaries for the Akwa Ibom North West and Yobe North Senatorial Districts, the Commission stands by the monitoring reports received from our state offices.

“For this reason, the commission did not publish the personal particulars of any candidate for the two constituencies at variance with the state reports.

Messrs Machina and Ekpoudom were duly recognized by the Yobe and Akwa-Ibom state offices of the commission at the time both Messrs Lawan and Akpabio were vigorously pursuing a chance to clinch the APC 2023 presidential ticket.